Haiku Seasons

Haiku Seasons is a choral work that uses several haiku to portray moments in nature. Spread throughout the performance space, four choirs (SATB, 3/part) depict larger parts of the pastoral scene (i.e., mountains, the moon, etc.). Soloists depart from the choirs in order to perform solo, duo, trio, and quartet passages, which take place throughout the work. If enough singers are available, individual soloists may be used. The soloist groups display the more intimate moments of the scenes (i.e., sparrows, a blade of grass, etc.). The intent of Haiku Seasons is to create an image of nature isolated from human interaction. Thus, the image is a pastoral setting with many independent parts all coexisting in a relatively silent world. I combine aspects of tonality, time, space, and silence to create this image.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Steven Lyle

Contributors dc:contributor

• McTee, Cindy, 1953-
• Dworak, Paul E., 1951-
• Klein, Joseph, 1962-

• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
• soloists
• choral music
• haiku
• pastoral scene
• tonality

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Smith, Steven Lyle
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47876628
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2695/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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